Cabinet



y 1930- I E. J. PACKER 1,757,811

CABINET Filed June 16, 1928 Patented May 6, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EZRA J. IPACKER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE POOLEY COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA CABINET Application filed June 16,

This invention relates to a cabinet and particularly to one of ornamental appearance such as is used for the housing of a radio set.

In cabinets of the type to which my invention relates used heretofore, it has been customary to provide doors which may swing back, exposing the control dials and switches of the set. The doors of sets of this type have been capable of only limited movement so that, when open to their maximum width, they will have been opened to an angle of approximately 180 degrees, so that they extend outwardly from the side of the cabinets. A more ornamental appearance may be obtained by providing doors which may be swung to substantially 270 degrees, so as to extend backwardly in parallelism with the side walls of the cabinet, in which position they will be substantially hidden from view and will nothave the objectionable appearance stated.

The primary object of the present invention is, accordingly, the provision of hinging means for such cabinet doors which will permit of a high degree of movement to the extent of substantially 270 degrees, which hinge will not cause a detraction from the appearance of the set when the doors are opened to their fully extended positions. A further object is to provide a hinge of this sort which will rigidly support the doors against sagging.

Other more detailed objects and the mode of their accomplishment will be understood after a consideration of the following specification in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet showing the doors thereof in a closed position.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the front right-hand corner of the cabinet shown in Fig. l with the top removed, the door being in closed position.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the door opened through an angle of approximately 135 degrees.

Fig. 4 is a similar plan view showing the door fully opened.

1928. Serial No. 286,023.

the edges of the corner section. These hinge members may be secured to the corner sec tion by screws and may, to obtain a finished appearance, be located in grooves in the ends of the corner section. One end of hinge member. 14 is pivoted as at 16 by a pivot pin, rivet, or the like, to a hinge member 18 secured preferably to wall 8, although it will be clear that such hinge members 18 may be carried either by the top or bottom walls of the cabinet. The other end of each hinge member 14 is pivoted as at 20 to a hinge member 22, hinge members 22 being secured at the upper and lower edges of door 10.

As will be observed in Fig. 2, the front edge of wall 8, when the door is in closed position engages one side of the triangular corner section, as indicated at 24, thus forming a stopping means limiting the movement of the corner section to closed position. Similarly, the other edge of the corner section which is shown as at right angles to the edge previously discussed, abuts as at 26, the inner vertical edge of door 10 forming a stop therefor. As a result, when the parts are brought to positions shown in Fig. 2, door 10 extends at right angles to wall 8, thus forming a closure for the rectangular cabinet, while the movement inwardly of door 10 is limited by the engagement of the parts at 24 and 26. While the two inner sides of corner section 12 are shown as at right angles, so that a closure for a rectangular cabinet is formed, it will be clear that by making these edges at other than right angle cabinets of other shapes may be similarly closed, but these edges need only be at right angles if the edges of either door 10 or wall 8 are similarly cut.

Referring now to Fig. 3, it will be seen that opening of door 10 may cause door 10 and section 12 to move as a unit, with section 12 and door in abutting relationship, movement being had about pivot 16. Upon movement of section 12 into the position shown in Fig. 4, that is, in engagement with 10 the side of wall 8, door 10 moves independently of section 12 from the position shown in dot and dash lines in Fig. 4 to the full line position in Fig. 4, about pivot 20. Door 10 may thus be brought either into parallelism 15 with wall 8 or into actual contact therewith.

By suitably finishing corner section 12 and door 10, there is not only produced a bevelled edge for the cabinet when the same is in closed position, but also, when the doors are opened,

an ornamental appearance may be maintained with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 4. At this time, complete access to the interior of the cabinet may be had.

Besides serving the purpose of providing for the maintenance of an ornamental appearance of the cabinet when the doors are opened, corner sections 12 serve to space hinge members 14 to maintain a rigid relative fixed relationship between them. Section 12 thus prevents a sagging of the door when the same is in fully opened position, although the door is removed quite a distance from the hinges at 16.

What I claim and desire to protect by Let ters Patent is:

A cabinet comprising a plurality of walls and having an open side, a corner section hinged along the free edge of one of said walls at the open side of the cabinet, said corner section having an inner face arranged to engage the edge of said wall to limit closing movement of said section, and a door for the open side of the cabinet hinged to said corner section, said corner section having a second inner face disposed at substantially a right angle relatively to said first inner face and arranged to engage the edge of the door, whereby closing movement of the door is limited with the door substantially perpendicular to said wall and with the outer face of the corner section disposed angularly relatively to the wall and door to form a beveled edge for the closed cabinet, said corner section bein movable to a position bringing the hinges oi the door closely adjacent the outer surface of that wall of the cabinet to which the corner section is hinged.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on this 15th day of June, 1928.

EZRA .J. PACKER. 

